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Seclude

To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.

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Verb group 6

Adjourn 84% connected

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Adjourn 84% connected

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Retire 84% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Retire 84% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Withdraw 84% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Withdraw 84% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 2

Insulate 76% connected

To make an island of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Isolate 76% connected

To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Lose 76% connected

To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money fro…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Seclusion 74% connected

The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to live in seclusion.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Seclusion 74% connected

The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to live in seclusion.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Sequester 92% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sequestrate 92% connected

To sequester.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Withdraw 92% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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